A Dead Fly | 一只死苍蝇

Reason | 理由

A teacher asks why George Washington's father didn't puni...

anecdote beginner

A Lincoln-esque Love Life | 林肯式爱情生活

A man dressed as Abraham Lincoln explains his costume rep...

dialogue english-learning

I Thought I Had Gone Deaf | 我还以为我聋了

A farmer, relieved to learn his wife fell out of the car,...

beginner dialogue

Ladies at the Bar | 酒吧里的女士们

Three women use cryptic shorthand to order drinks at a ba...

bar beginner

A Polish Joke | 波兰笑话

A blonde tells a Polish joke to her priest, only to be in...

beginner cultural-stereotype

We Close at Nine | 九点关门

An impatient diner complains about slow service, to which...

beginner dialogue

Jehovah's Witness Meets Hell's Angel | 耶和华见证人与地狱天使的相遇

A humorous joke that imagines the unlikely combination of...

beginner culture

Three Surgeons | 三位外科医生

Three surgeons boast about their miraculous surgeries, ea...

dialogue english-learning

Insane Dialogue | 疯人院对话

A humorous short dialogue set in an asylum, where one inm...

beginner dialogue

Shakespeare's Greatness | 莎士比亚的伟大

A teacher and student humorously discuss Shakespeare's gr...

beginner dialogue

The Operation | 手术

A lawyer wakes up after surgery to find the blinds drawn....

beginner dialogue

Why Is He Howling? | 他为何嚎叫？

A patient howls at the dentist not because of dental pain...

beginner dialogue

It Depends | 看情况

A traveler asks if he can catch a train, and the ticket a...

beginner dialogue

I Could Do It Slower | 我可以干得慢一些

A patient questions a dentist's high fee for a quick toot...

beginner dentist

Send the Bill to My Father | 把账单给我父亲

A patient humorously suggests his father should pay the m...

beginner dialogue

Drinking Codes | 饮酒暗号

Three women use abbreviated codes to order drinks at a ba...

bar-culture beginner

One Piece of Meat | 只有一块肉

A customer complains about having only one piece of meat,...

beginner dialogue

He Is Really Somebody | 他真是个大人物

A humorous dialogue reveals the irony of someone claiming...

beginner dialogue

Do You Serve Lawyers | 您接待律师吗

A man brings an alligator into a bar and asks if lawyers ...

anecdote beginner

The String-Trick Parrot | 会拉绳的鹦鹉

A man discovers a parrot trained to speak different langu...

beginner dialogue